{"id":360227,"date":"2010-02-24T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T20:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/turkish-coup-crisis-will-only-hurt-the-countrys-progress-towards-the-eu-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-24T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T20:36:36","slug":"is-there-really-a-coup-going-on-in-turkey-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/360227","title":{"rendered":"Is There Really A Coup Going On In Turkey? Here’s What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s Turkish coup news<\/a> is a reminder that the state is a long way away from fulfilling some of its requirements for E.U. ascendancy.<\/p>\n

49 military personnel were arrested <\/a>today in connection with a coup plot which stretched back all the way to December 2002. It was constructed around the time the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJustice and Development Party came to power in the country.<\/p>\n

The military’s role in Turkey traditionally is to prevent the rise of Islamic parties and politics in the country. The E.U. has moved to eliminate this role<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the Justice and Development Party has been linked to Islamist politics in the country. Thus the military response is not so bizarre, but still ill fitting of a country seeking membership in the European Union.<\/p>\n

What this means for Turkey’s movement towards the E.U. remains to be seen, but the problems are adding up. The French, Germans, and Austrians<\/a> are opposed to Turkey’s entrance. Some are concerned that Turkey’s entrance would disturb the ‘Christian<\/a>‘ nature of the European Union.<\/p>\n

And then there are the issues of demographics. Turkey would be the second largest contingent in the European Parliament upon entrance, and the biggest by 2020<\/a>. It is unlikely that Germany or France would want to give up their prime position in Europe’s government for the Turks.<\/p>\n

Now, with further panic over a military coup to prevent the rise of Islamist governance, those who are concerned about the ‘otherness’ of Turkey will have more to draw upon.<\/p>\n

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